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Old 07-11-2012
Grep with parent folder
Hi,

When I do

Code:
ls -l | grep -h STRING

I need not only to get those files, but also the parent folder of those files,
no idea how do that.

BTW the names of those parent folders are never longer than 3 digits, if that helps.

Any assistance most welcome,

/bw,
OmarKN


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Mod Comment Please use code tags next time for your code and data.
Last edited by zaxxon; 07-11-2012 at 04:23 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 07-11-2012
Can you show the expected output?
# 3  
Old 07-11-2012
Sure, here are the files without their parent folders:

i
Code:
3: okn$ ls | grep -h _i
_i-lklist.txt
_img
_img2
compig_i.html
compst_i.html

It's the parent folders which I 'd also like to be listed, :-)

bw, Omar KN


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# 4  
Old 07-11-2012
Code:
 
find /absolute/path/ -type f -name "*_i*" | while read filename
do
   echo "Parent Folder : $(dirname $filename)"
done

# 5  
Old 07-11-2012
Well this is not bad,

I copied it and outcome was:

Code:
i3:chello uppd_G5 okn$ find . -type f -name "*_i*" | while read filename; do    echo "Parent Folder : $(dirname $filename)"; done
Parent Folder : .
Parent Folder : ./k
Parent Folder : ./k
Parent Folder : ./k
Parent Folder : ./n
Parent Folder : ./naw
Parent Folder : ./o

Which gives the Parent Folders of those files, but not the file-names themselves, so I don't know in which Parent Folder XY-file is.

Is there not a way with grep?

Thank you, bw, OmarKN


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# 6  
Old 07-11-2012
Code:
 
find /absolute/path/ -type f -name "*_i*" | while read filename
do
   echo "File Name : $(basename $filename)"
   echo "Parent Folder : $(dirname $filename)"
done

absolute path --- give the path from / ( root )
# 7  
Old 07-11-2012
Nope, sorry:

Code:
i3:/ okn$ find /Volumes/main_HD/Users/omarkn/Sites/chello\ uppd_G5 -type f -name "*_i*" | while read filename; do    echo "Parent Folder : $(dirname $filename)"; done
usage: dirname path
Parent Folder : 
usage: dirname path
Parent Folder : 
usage: dirname path
Parent Folder :
...
...

And so on, this is from root...

bw, OmarKN


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